WHAT IS THIS? This is CGI.pm 2.37, an easy-to-use Perl5 library for writing World Wide Web CGI scripts. HOW DO I INSTALL IT? To install this module, cd to the directory that contains this README file and type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make install If this doesn't work for you, try: cp CGI.pm /usr/local/lib/perl5 If you have trouble installing CGI.pm because you have insufficient access privileges to add to the perl library directory, you can still use CGI.pm. See the docs for details. WHAT SYSTEMS DOES IT WORK WITH? This module works with NT, Windows, Macintosh, OS/2 and VMS servers, although it hasn't been tested as extensively as it should be. See the docs for notes on your particular platform. WHERE IS THE DOCUMENTATION? You'll find very verbose documentation in the file cgi_docs.html, located in the top level directory. Terser documentation is found in POD (plain old documentation) form in CGI.pm itself. When you install CGI, the MakeMaker program will automatically install the manual pages for you (on Unix systems, type "man CGI"). WHERE ARE THE EXAMPLES? A collection of examples demonstrating various CGI features and techniques are in the directory "examples". Many more examples of CGI scripts of various degrees of complexity can be found at: http://www.genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/examples/Ch9/ WHERE IS THE ONLINE DOCUMENTATION? Online documentation of for CGI.pm, and notifications of new versions can be found at: http://www.genome.wi.mit.edu/ftp/pub/software/WWW/cgi_docs.html Have fun, and let me know how it turns out! Lincoln D. Stein lstein@w3.org